A threefold quest into digital literature.
What we expect from digital literature is not connected to mere technology.
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Jörg Piringer: Contemporary writers need to programme
Jörg Piringer is an author and performer of digitally enhanced sound performances and digital visual poetry. Reflecting how we use language every day in a technical environment Jörg decided early on that the very instruments that shape our language experience need attention. Jörg’s instruments are the digital algorithms and data bases of myriads of language fragments alongside his self-produced soft- and hardware.
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Aleksandra Małecka (PL): What is still missing on that map?!
Slowly it is starting to seem to me that in Poland there are plenty of resources and a nutritious basis for establishing a new genetic cultural code of the local literary scene there. At least it appears to me like that when I listen to Aleksandra, vice president, coordinator for international PR and a translator at the NGO Ha!art, who nonetheless says that the Polish experimental scene is still in development. Continue reading Aleksandra Małecka (PL): What is still missing on that map?!
Megan M. Garr (USA/NL): On activism and writing
Megan M. Garr is a poet and editor who crossed borders. She is an American living in the Netherlands who is engaged in activism in the literary world fighting for more diversity. An Interview. Continue reading Megan M. Garr (USA/NL): On activism and writing
Cloudpoesie (GER): Poetry for an interconnected society
This Sunday in Berlin a team of authors is creating a participatory environment to mirror today’s interconnected society based on technology which pervade our everyday lives. The text becomes a ghost, and everybody an author. Continue reading Cloudpoesie (GER): Poetry for an interconnected society
John Holten (IE/GER): Are you still human?!
The climatic change is unarguable taking place and sets in motion dire consequences. The present-day anthropocene – an age in which humans are no longer an independent species from others, are no longer the sole creators of their means and images but have a severe and irreversible impact on the conditions of living, it is a worthwhile to think about a kind of literature that can face the demands of nowaday issues and developments. Continue reading John Holten (IE/GER): Are you still human?!
Constantinos Papageorgiou (CY): Performances of daily life
– Constantinos, what is your poetry about?
– It is about me and my multiple selfs. And it is about my past. Writing is a pretty selfish process you know.
– I understand. Sounds nice. In other words you are schizophrenically having sex with yourself.
– (Laughing) Yes, you can say so. Continue reading Constantinos Papageorgiou (CY): Performances of daily life
Noémi Kiss (HUN): Pop-Rhetorics vs. Literature
Noémi Kiss is a literary woman voice from Hungary whose works are direct, confrontational and critical. By her stories about her travels and about woman specific experiences like pregnancy she developed a rich style and at the same time can address and reveal political in an uncompomising way.
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10 events worth visiting – Frankfurt Book Fair 2015
It’s Frankfurt Book Fair again! We’ve compiled the most interesting international events out of innumerable readings and exhibitions of the world’s largest trade fair. As Indonesia is this year’s guest of honor, we’ve selected as well some exciting readings focusing on Indonesia’s literary scene: Continue reading 10 events worth visiting – Frankfurt Book Fair 2015
Andrea Inglese (FR/I): at something more material
Andrea Inglese named his new project something as big as “Describing the world”. One would think that this is a pretty big gesture – why would you actually attempt to describe the world / the only existing world / the world of what!? The very try seems absurd considering the information based relativism today. So: how would you do that, describing the world? Continue reading Andrea Inglese (FR/I): at something more material